The BIG BASH COMPETITION 2017

GOOOOOOOODMORNING bloggisphere… It’s the start of another year, and what a year it’s going to be. I have a little tickle in my tummy about 2017, and it’s screaming sparkle and glitter.

I know I shouldn’t shout, but I’m excited, what can I say? I expect all you drunkards have raging hangovers. But clear that ethanol fog blogettes, I have a super exciting announcement… and no… I haven’t published my book… not yet anyway.

This year we want the awards to be even bigger and better than last year, so we are fundraising in the form of a blog post competition. To be clear, Geoffle, Ali, and Hugh are not taking any backhanders here; there are no luscious Maldivian committee getaways planned, (sadly).

ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS THE BASH.

The Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition 2017

Why: Each year the bash grows in popularity. That means we need bigger venues and better events and unfortunately that means the cost goes up too. We’re running a blog post competition to fundraise for the event, the more we raise, the better the Bash awards will be. So share this comp and get all your friends involved.

Theme: Connections. The Blogger’s Bash is all about connecting people. Each year we bring together dozens of bloggers who have made friends online but are yet to meet off screen. That moment of joy, the hug, the smile, there’s nothing like that moment of connection as true friends pull each other into a hug for the first time. It’s why we started the bash and why we continue to run it. So this year, the bash blog post competition is all about connections. Interpret that as you will.

Word Count: 400- 600 words. Pictures, videos, and artwork, can all be used in blog posts but the minimum word count is 400.

Deadline: The competition runs from January 1st to 23:59 GMT on March 1st. Entries will no longer be counted from 12:01 am on the 2nd March.

What the judges are looking for:Your entries can be about anything as long as they are clearly connected to the theme. You could post videos, pictures, a short story or even paintings. If you decide on a picture based entry, the judges still want to see some words to go along with your submission (400 is the minimum). Tell us a story whether that be in words or pictures or otherwise, engage us, interpret the theme and make your blog post surprising or quirky. What does the theme mean to you?

Minor spelling and grammar mistakes won’t mark you down but do make sure you proofread your entries so that it’s easy for us to read and understand your posts.

The Cost: £5 entry – all proceeds go to funding the bash, payment accepted through PayPal only, at the bottom of the p.ost

The Prize: – The prizes will keep growing, the more entries we get, the higher the prizes go.

Happy New Year Sacha.. will share around the sites.. Sounds like a great idea.. I will add another tenner to the other tenner when I see you in June. Others might feel like that is another option too. We all appreciate the work you and the team does to get this organised and happy to contribute to the costs. hugs xx

So I think there is a way to do it using the crown on my website on the sidebar. Chris Ape told me about it – I should do a post on it, Debby did one recently. Otherwise, what do I do? Email you info? Such a bore this no normal reblogging being self hosted

I will usually catch on one of the social media sites but you can also @sgc58 me on twitter and I will always get. I have no idea why you guys cannot have the facility to reblog.. after all the faffing about over Christmas robbing us of so much as they force us into using their disney world inspired editing.. xxx

I think we can reblog – it’s more complicated though – it comes under the crown. Also Debby G wrote a post about it a while ago, I might have to go find it and share it, as we want people to hear about the bash. Hope you had a lovely New YEAr?

Happy New Year and may 2017 bring all that you wish for. Exciting news and great comp, count me in. When finished prepping the new years dinner and ehrm after a sleep, I will start the grey cells thinking. x

me too. The flights go direct from Inverness but it’s the money. Got three weddings to go to this year, we are going to have to not go to one at least. -sighs- when we become millionare successful writers then i’ll buy a private jet, maybe lol

Thank you Marje, I hope you worked out how to do the reblog – that’s the one downside to being self hosted – the reblog is hidden! SIGH. Anyway, I hope you enter too, and I look forward to seeing you in June xx

Happiest Greetings to all! I am, unfortunately, unable to join. Fundage on my end is still pretty much nonexistent.
I do wish all participants the best, and may the best in the bloggers shine through!
Happy New Year to everybody!
— John

I would love to meet you too! But I have no money… and the timing doesn’t work. I’m a teacher and the bash is usually the last week of school for me and I don’t feel right taking off the last week of school. Especially since I’ve never been to London before, so if I’m going to go there for any reason, I’m making a vacation out of it!

Hi Lyn, so in the blog post is a list of info, one of them is the competition theme, I’ve posted it below. But the comment means your entry needs to be focused on the theme. which is:

Theme: Connections. The Blogger’s Bash is all about connecting people. Each year we bring together dozens of bloggers who have made friends online but are yet to meet off screen. That moment of joy, the hug, the smile, there’s nothing like that moment of connection as true friends pull each other into a hug for the first time. It’s why we started the bash and why we continue to run it. So this year, the bash blog post competition is all about connections. Interpret that as you will.

Wishing all my fellow bloggers a very happy, and above all, healthy, new year.

The theme is excellent and so appropriate. I’ve made lots of new connections in 2016 through following the super blogs of others and through picking up a few followers of my own blog. A new wave of friends came around the Annual Bloggers Bash 2016.

This is brilliant. I look forward to reading the entries. ‘Connections’ is a perfect theme and I hope to be connecting with you all one of these years. I’m envious each year but, also, wicked happy for you. Things are really coming together for this year’s Bash! ?

My story is in drafts being tweaked, our house has just sold yesterday after three days on the market! So i could be going to the bash in whatever clothes are not in storage! *gasp* it looks like some motor home time will be spent while house hunting. But I am doing my darndest to be with you all.

ahhhhh!!! lol. I Just asked this question on another post. Sorry. Should have read all my comments first. CONGRATULATIONS on such a quick sale. 😀 thats awesome. I hope you find another house somewhere soon

I’ve only just read about the competition on Hugh’s blog. Looks like a wonderful idea and great fundraiser. Quick question: is it open to international authors (who have Paypal and do the 5 entry/donation fee) or only people in the UK? I’m not seeing that mentioned anywhere. Thanks so much, Sacha!

Hi Leigh, yep absolutely it’s definitely open to people internationally. ?? ALL are welcome (to the bash itself too – we have some friends coming from across the pond this year) The entry fee is still applicable but I can only charge in one currency so I went with pounds sterling, sorry if this causes a problem